Guest Room Redo

Happy Monday! We had a house full of guests this weekend and I think we’re all still recovering. Remember how I said I did a lot before the guests arrived? Well, this week, I’ll show you those projects, starting with getting the guest room ready for our guests. In true Dogs Don’t Eat Pizza fashion, I couldn’t just vacuum and dust to get ready. Oh no. I redid the guest room.

Here’s what I started with:

Clearly I needed to clean up and put things away, but I also decided to recover the headboard and change the rug.

Once I changed the fabric on the headboard (it’s from JoAnn Fabric, FYI), I wanted to change the duvet cover and shams as well. (I also bought a new duvet for my father-in-law, who is always cold.)

It was so easy to change out the fabric on this upholstered headboard – just unscrew the board from the headboard frame, remove the old fabric, then staple the new fabric to the board and put it back. (Here’s the post about how I changed the headboard to begin with.)

I also retiled the vanity area. You may remember that the vanity area was my craft area, but I decided it was too small of an area for that. I had added peel and stick tiles to the area, then removed them, but underneath was ugly linoleum and I didn’t want to pull that up. So, I retiled the area with more contemporary-looking rectangular tiles:

Still peel and stick, but I grouted them this time and it looks more like regular porcelain tile and will hopefully be more durable.

I moved the Expedit that was in the dining room into the guest room for storage for my craft and DIY materials:

And the guest room is done – ready for company!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Hope you all had a wonderful Thankgiving!

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About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

Hi! I’m Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer,” because I turned in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY. This blog is all about DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organization. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

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